Annapūrna,AnnapurnaNepali Annapurna Himalmassif of the Himalayas in north-central Nepal, forming . It forms a ridge some 30 miles (48 km) long between the basins gorges of the Kāli Gandak Kali (Kali Gandak; west) and Marsyandi (east) rivers . It north of the town of Pokhara. The massif contains four main summits, two of which, Annapūrna which—Annapurna I (26,545 feet [8,091 mmetres]) and II (26,040 feet [7,937 mmetres]), stand —stand at the western and eastern ends of the range, respectively; Annapurna III (24,786 feet [7,555 mmetres]) and IV (24,688 feet [7,525 mmetres]) lie between them.Annapūrna

Annapurna I is

one of

the world’s 10th highest

peaks

peak. Although climbers had reached 28,150 feet (8,580

m

metres) on Mount Everest

in

by 1924,

Annapūrna

Annapurna I became famous in 1950 as the first peak

more than

above 26,000 feet (8,000

m

metres) to be ascended to the summit. The feat was achieved by a French expedition led by Maurice Herzog, who with Louis Lachenal reached the top on June 3.

Annapūrna

Annapurna IV was climbed on May 30, 1955, by

H.

a German team of Harald Biller,

H.

Heinz Steinmetz, and

J.

Jürgen Wellenkamp

,

; and

Annapūrna

Annapurna II on May 17, 1960, by

R.H.

the British climbers Richard Grant and

C.J. Bonington

Chris Bonington and the Sherpa Ang Nyima in an expedition led by James O.M. Roberts. In 1970 an all-woman Japanese climbing team scaled